which you can hire.
Respect long overdue
Reprocessing techs will move on from your facility if they don't get
the support they need to excel at their jobs. Keeping them happy
and satisfied by giving them the professional and financial respect
they deserve will save your facility long-term dollars by avoiding the
constant hiring and training of new techs, who will someday feel
underappreciated if you don't change your attitude toward the
essential role they play in your facility's success.
"A facility's operational, financial and clinical pressures overlap, and
all are equally important," says Dr. Mandel. "Having instruments arrive
in the appropriate way and in the appropriate timeframe without over-
burdening the staff who's processing them is incredibly important."
Important enough to finally stop viewing techs as glorified dish-
washers and begin treating them like invaluable members of the surgi-
cal team.
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